Examples of people not thinking clearly about the consequences of their online life continue to surface in the media. A recent article in the Washington Post looks at a number of teachers who maintain websites, or have other online presences (i.e. Facebook/MySpace), and how they have no clue about the visibility of such sites, or [...]
On May 10, 2008 at 18:00 GMT organizers will kick off the first Pangea Day, a global event bringing the world together through film. The premise of the global event is to screen 24 films from around the world over a 4h period. There will be events held in most cities around the world, but [...]
I should probably just link this entire website to the TED website, since it has been my recent source for amazing content. In a recent talk at TED Dave Eggers explains the creation of a free tutoring centre he started in San Fransisco. It is run out of the front section of a magazine/book editing [...]
The Powerhouse Museum in Sydney has just joined The Commons project at Flickr and added some 200 photos from around Sydney and New South Wales from the turn of the 20th century. The first member of The Commons was the Library of Congress in the USA. They have added over 3,000 high quality photos to [...]
The Toronto Star is reporting that students from low socio-economic homes are lagging behind the general population on standardized tests. The findings are drawn from research performed on data from Manitoba, and show that 3/4 of students in this group who write the tests are attaining a passing grade. The problem is that a number [...]
A policy before the Toronto District School Board suggests that students shouldn’t be given homework over the holidays. It suggests that students in primary school shouldn’t really be doing any homework, other than spending time with the family reading, cooking, and talking — as these activities help students improve literacy, numeracy and social skills. When [...]
Christopher Dawson, a physics teacher and contributer over at ZNet, has introduced twitter to his students and it’s not going so hot out of the gate. Half of the students get it, while half don’t — but the half that seem to ‘get’ it aren’t really using it effectively. With three twitter focused activities planned [...]
A group of students in the UK invented a disappearing/reappearing nail polish. To get around the ‘no make up in school rule’ they worked with the local University to create a nail polish that was visible when struck with UV light (outside the classroom) but went almost clear when in the hallowed halls of education.
